In a move to further its global market presence, CMA CGM Group today announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire US Lines based in Santa Ana, California (USL). US Lines is the vessel sharing partner of ANL, expert of the Australian-New Zealand market, and subsidiary of CMA CGM Group. The t
Nautica International has launched its new inflatable tube-mounted side door. So unique they patented the design. The dive door is an opening in the side of the inflatable boat – right through its tube. Hinged so it opens downward into the water, the door becomes a ladder with 2 inbuilt steps.
A sailor died after the keel snapped off a yacht, capsizing the vessel hours after it had undergone maintenance work, a Devon inquest heard today. The Max Fun 35 yacht, Hooligan V, sank off the Devon coast at Prawle Point, after its keel came off on 3 February.
A father and son have died after falling from a fishing boat off the Irish coast. The pair were thrown from the small boat in heavy seas in Donegal Bay.
Police evacuated the B.C. Ferries terminal at Tsawwassen Sunday and arrested a 32-year-old passenger who was overheard saying that he was going to set off a bomb on the Spirit of Vancouver. Bomb-sniffing dogs from the Delta police and RCMP swept the terminal, but failed to locate any explosives. Fer
ABG Shipyard announced on Monday that the company received Rs 64.87 million from the ministry of shipping, government of India as ship building subsidy for yard no. 210.
City Index Leopard, the 100 foot maxi yacht run by Ocean Marine, the British sailing team owned by Mike Slade, has arrived into Sydney to prepare for the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
The name ‘Rocket’ as in Rocket Boomer, is coming to the end of its remarkable journey. As of January 1, 2008 it will take off for the last time – and then disappear for ever into the history books. From that day on, only the name ‘Boomer’ will be used on all Boomer rigs, from […]
They say politics and mining are tough, but it doesn’t get much more dangerous than working on boats. And fishing trawlers are especially dangerous – a fact highlighted by last week’s close call for a Mooloolaba-based crew who narrowly escaped tragedy when their boat was hit by a container ship.
Yemen and DP World have reached a preliminary accord for the UAE company to run the Aden container terminal in the Arab state, Yemen’s transport minister was on Saturday quoted as saying.
China blocked another US warship and a military cargo aircraft from gaining access to Hong Kong in the latest in a string of refusals that threatens to jeopardise the recent improvement in military relations between the two countries.
In letters to both the challengers and Alinghi, which were leaked last week, Russel Coutts says that he wants BMW Oracle and Alinghi to commit to an AC 34, in Valencia, in 2011. Alinghi/ACM has already committed to Valencia 2011, so if the Swiss were to win a Deed of Gift Challenge Valencia mayoress
THE world’s elite are cutting short their Queensland holidays because their chartered super yachts cannot access beaches and reef touted on tourism websites. The Crown Prince of Dubai and Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani, who paid more than $100,000 a week to charter the yachts, were among th
A cruise ship fire killed five Egyptians and wounded two others on Sunday near the ancient city of Luxor in southern Egypt, a security official confirmed to Xinhua.
